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African American students

Young children develop better learning skills when taught by teachers of the same ethnicity, national US study suggests

University of Pennsylvania
Categories Brain & Behavior, Social Sciences
Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania studied sperm biogenesis in the marmoset, a small monkey species. Providing marmoset inducible pluripotent stem cells with appropriate growth conditions and signals, they were able to coax the cells to begin to resemble primordial germ cells, the precursors of sperm and eggs, that are found in marmoset embryos.

Rewiring blood cells to give rise to precursors of sperm

University of Pennsylvania
Categories Health
Liver illustration

Nanoparticle stops liver fibrosis in its tracks, reverses damage

University of Pennsylvania
Categories Health
Sad woman with face in hands

Restricted abortion access linked to increased suicide risk in young women

University of Pennsylvania
Categories Brain & Behavior, Health, Social Sciences
gut microbes illustration

Gut microbes can boost the motivation to exercise

University of Pennsylvania
Categories Brain & Behavior, Health
Woman in snow.

Holiday-suicide myth persists in media

University of Pennsylvania
Categories Brain & Behavior, Social Sciences
Survey panel respondents who reported greater belief in vaccine misinformation (had a higher vaccine misinformation score) were less likely to recommend vaccination for a 5- to 11-year-old – and as the probability of recommending vaccination increased, belief in vaccine misinformation decreased. Source: Annenberg Public Policy Center.

Misinformation about vaccine safety drives reluctance to vaccinate children, study finds

University of Pennsylvania
Categories Brain & Behavior, Health, Social Sciences

Deep brain stimulation shows promise against binge eating disorder

University of Pennsylvania
Categories Brain & Behavior, Health, Technology
Two subadult in proximity. They share a strong friendship bond.

Social connections influence brain structure of rhesus macaques

University of Pennsylvania
Categories Brain & Behavior, Life & Non-humans

‘Nanozyme’ therapy prevents harmful dental plaque build-up

University of Pennsylvania
Categories Health

1 in 3 Americans might consider abolishing or limiting Supreme Court, Annenberg survey finds

University of Pennsylvania
Categories Social Sciences
Sunk cost fallacy: Even mice and rats stick with bad choices

Mice treated with this cytokine lose weight by ‘sweating’ fat

University of Pennsylvania
Categories Health
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